| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 28 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 28 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 29 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 30 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | West Ham United | 28 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 29 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 28 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 29 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 28 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 29 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 27 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Leicester City | 30 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Coventry City | 28 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 28 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | |||